Punjab walk away convincing winners

Punjab won by 41 runs. Kings XI Punjab, riding on a sensational 115 from Shaun Marsh, scored just way too many runs for Rajasthan Royals to score as the Punjab team signed off the IPL league stage with a convincing victory.Chasing Mohali's 221-3, Jaipur never got close to the asking rate, despite some lusty hitting from Niraj Patel, Yusuf Pathan and Kamran Akmal, and fell short by 41 runs.Going in to bat with the asking rate being above 11 from the first ball, it was never going to be easy for Jaipur, and Mohd. Kaif was not quite the player for the situation.

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Patel, on the other hand, showed his calibre as a batsman as he hammeered four boundaries off S. Sreesanth, and kept Jaipur interested for some time. However the tempo was never really going to go up enough to trouble Mohali.

Yusuf Pathan, Kamran Akmal and Mahesh Rawat tried their best to get Jaipur going, but the ask was too much.Piyush Chawla capitalised on the Jaipur batsmen's search for runs and ended up with three wickets for 35 runs off four overs. James Hopes claimed two wickets to add to a half-century while batting.

The Indian Premier League seems to be built for the left-handers, and Marsh is surely one of those who have made this tournament his own.The Western Australian destroyed the Jaipur bowling to score a rocking 115, as Kings XI Punjab piled up a phenomenal 221-3

Teams: Kings XI Punjab: Shaun Marsh, James Hopes, Kumar Sangakkara, Yuvraj Singh (capt), Luke Pomersbach, Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Wilkin Mota, VRV Singh, S. Sreesanth.

Rajasthan Royals: Niraj Patel, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Mohammad Kaif, Yusuf Pathan, Shane Watson (capt), Mahesh Rawat, Dinesh Salunkhe, Siddharth Trivedi, Pankaj Singh, Munaf Patel.